Arc-eye hawkfish, Horseshoe hawkfish

Arc-eye hawkfish, Horseshoe hawkfish
English Common Name
Arc-eye hawkfish, Horseshoe hawkfish
Scientific name
Paracirrhites arcatus
Taxonomy
Order: Perciformes, Family: Cirrhitidae
Size
About 13 cm
Species Distribution
Tanabe Bay and southward, Indian Ocean and West Pacific, Hawaiian Islands
This species is well-populated in Okinawa, and can be found swimming in branching corals. It feeds on small crustaceans and the like.

Updated August 2018

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